Profile: McAllister tantalized last year with a solid start to the season, including a terrific June, before fading down the stretch. Was the career high in innings (including more than 100 more major league innings than he had thrown before) just too much for him to handle? If he can keep the strikeouts closer to eight than seven per nine innings, and the walks closer to two than three per nine, he'll have a shot to have some fantasy value, but only if he can keep the ball in the park. He's worth watching early in the season, but there is no need to use a draft pick on him. (Chad Young)

The Quick Opinion: McAllister will likely be asked to be a key member of the Indians rotation, but that doesn't mean he should be a key member of yours. Worth watching in the early season to see if he can keep the strikeouts up and the home runs down.

Profile: Over the last couple years, Zach McAllister has made himself a fixture in the Indians rotation, although not a particularly impressive one. His 17.4% strikeout and 8.5% walk rates are not terrible when looked at alone, but as a combination, they are not pretty. Add in a low ground-ball rate and a tendency to give up the long ball, and you have a recipe for a guy who can get by, but not much more. From a fourth or fifth starter, the Indians can live with that, and McAllister likely heads to Spring Training knowing that he'll break camp in the rotation. As a fantasy owner, though, there just isn't much to like. The rates are not great -- a WHIP north of 1.30 and an ERA likely around four are doing you no favors -- and he won't post big strikeout totals. (Chad Young)

The Quick Opinion: McAllister is a solid back-of-the-rotation type for the Indians, but doesn't have much of a place at the fantasy table. If I am going to take the unimpressive rates he provides, I want big strikeouts with them, and he doesn't have those.

Profile: Zach McAllister started 2014 as a member of the Indians opening day rotation and ended it in the bullpen -- where he will start 2015. He posted a 5.89 ERA in his first 10 starts, though things weren't really as bad as they appeared (3.89 FIP, 4.03 xFIP). Nevertheless, the ineffectiveness and lower back injury sent McAllister to the disabled list, then the minors, then the bullpen. In his absence, Carlos Carrasco and T.J. House emerged as legitimate starters, joining rotation fixtures Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer and Danny Salazar. That leaves McAllister without a spot. In 13 bullpen innings toward the end of the year, McAllister impressed (2.77 ERA, 1.44 FIP, 2.39 xFIP), and the lighter workload allowed the 6-foot-6 righty's fastball to play up to 95 mph from 92. He is out of options, so the 27-year-old will open the season as a member of the Indians bullpen, likely in a long relief role. (August Fagerstrom)

The Quick Opinion: McAllister worked his way out of the Indians rotation in 2014 and is now likely third in line behind T.J. House and Josh Tomlin in terms of rotation depth. His effort out of the bullpen at the end of the season has the Indians hoping he could potentially develop into a bullpen weapon -- and he might make few spot starts if the rotation gets ugly -- but McAllister will likely pitch more low-leverage innings than meaningful ones in 2015.

Profile: I love the Zach Attack. He's a good pitcher, with strike out stuff that plays great in the bullpen and suffices in the rotation. In 2013-14 he was a decent starter, but in 2015 he made just one four inning start and settled into a relief role. And he was excellent in that role. He posted nearly 11 strikeouts per nine, and had a strikeout minus walk rate over 20%. He even had a little bad luck in the batted ball department, which should resolve itself in 2016. The problem is that, barring an unexpected trade, McAllister has no path to saves. Cody Allen is the man in Cleveland I am not sure it's fair to say McAllister is second in line. If you need to pile up strike outs with a solid ERA and likely a good WHIP, McAllister is your guy. But he is most useful in deep leagues where you can get by without needing saves from your entire pen. Even then, there are probably at least 10-15 (and maybe more) non-closing relievers I would take ahead of him (players like Carter Capps, Josh Fields, Will Smith, and Dellin Betances).(Chad Young)

The Quick Opinion: In the right format, McAllister is a sneaky add, giving you good rates and plenty of strikeouts from a player you can probably add for next to nothing. But he won't pile up saves and so he's likely better suited to your watch list (in case his role changes) than your roster.